Objectives. To study (1) the prevalence of different types of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) in the local and nonlocal population of women at Al Wasl Hospital, a tertiary level referral centre for northern Emirates, (2) the safety of cervical preparation before uterine evacuation, (3) the role of repeat uterine evacuation in curing these cases, and (4) the percentage of cases ultimat...

Objective: Hematometra is a rare and delayed complication of medical termination of pregnancy. Acquired acute hematometra also termed the postabortal syndrome or the redo syndrome is a rare complication of suction evacuation with incidence ranging from 0.1 to 1 per 100 suction curettage abortions. The treatment consists of prompt evacuation of both liquid and clotted blood leading to rapid reso...

Suction curettage of the sweat glands has become established in recent years as a standard therapy for managing cases of axillary hyperhidrosis that have proved resistant to conservative therapy. Hitherto, a recurrence rate of 20% to 40% has had to be reckoned with for this operation, but through new methods of operation and new instruments, it has been possible to reduce the rate of recidivati...

Objective: This study aims to evaluate reproductive and pregnancy outcomes in patients with cesarean scar pregnancies (CSP) treated by suction curettage.
 Methods: retrospective observational included 85 CSP curettage a university hospital between 2013-2017. Reproductive status of the who could be reached phone was inquired at 6-month intervals for three years.
 Results: Hospital reco...

We present a 61 year old Para 4 woman who presented with stage II Infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the breast after modified radical mastectomy. She was treated with Tamoxifen for seven years. She was diagnosed with multiple myeloma during year seven post mastectomy because of wrist pain. She was treated with melphalan, prednisone and allopurinol which she tolerated well and the pain in the wr...

Lipodystrophy of the legs and ankles presents a particularly challenging problem in aesthetic surgery. This is true both historically and presently. Anatomic peculiarities and technical challenges delayed the development of treatment for this condition. Today, attempts to overcome these same obstacles continue to rapidly change the face of liposuction in this anatomical area. Lipodystrophy of t...

Seventy-five patients were anaesthetized for termination of pregnancy by suction curettage using four methods of anaesthesia. Blood loss was measured with a haemoglobin dilution technique. The patients' opinion of the anaesthetic was recorded. Blood loss was unacceptably high with thiopentone, nitrous oxide and oxygen with trichloroethylene compared with the other three techniques which were: d...